Horrible Adventure of a Diver Beneath a Sunken Brig
Captain George W. Taylor recounts a strange Chesapeake Bay voyage aboard the brig Canton sunk in sixty feet. A diver on the wreck discovers a dead sailor rising from the companion way as he climbs to the surface. The body is recovered in Baltimore after an inquest, and the crew is shaken by the encounter.
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George W. Taylor
New York
Chesapeake Bay
Canton
Havre-de-Grace
Boston
Taylor
Baltimore
Notice of Wa M Smith Yerba Buena agent auction and sale
Wa M Smith locates permanently at Yerba Buena to transact auction and commission business and as agent for collecting around the Bay of San Francisco. Office at Mr. Ward's store Montgomery street Yerba Buena. References listed. Yerba Buena December 4 1846. For sale or rent a two story house on the western side of Monterey Gulf with two beds and multiple rooms, front and depth details. Enquiries to Deputy? Epence.
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M. Smith
Yerba Buena
Bay of San Francisco
P.S
AL Publico
Guillermo M. Smith
el Puerto de
la Yerba Buena
Don Francisco
Calle de
Montgomery
H. Grimes
Oabu
Mellus Howard
Gwe
H Bavis
Yerba Buene
Talbot H Green
Tomas O. Larkin
Monterey
Alexandro Y Co
San Pedro
Gulph
Depence
Rae Pe
Various notices and ship notices from 1846 port records
The items announce the Wanwung under Commander Everett sailing from San Diego to Boston around January, a public house opening at Venus Borch with dining and bar service, an ordinance in Monterey forbidding purchase of stolen livestock with penalties, and goods for sale from Paty Le near Stokes with newly arrived merchandise from ships including the Barque Dun Quizets and Barc Ben Quixote.
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Boston
Wanwung
T. C. Everett
San Diego
D. i. Howard
Moe Yerba
Buena
Portsmouth
Venus Borch
Wde
Ender
J.B
Walter Colton
Juzgado DE
Paz
Monterey
Ordenanza Para
Evitar LA Venta
Propiedad Robalco
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Juan Paty
Santiagos Stoke
la Barc
Ben Quixote
del Vvalter Colton
Oficina
Salida
Primera Magistrado
Talbot
H. Green
Y.M
L. H. Club
Wivian H. Vis
Hiato T Society
Despot
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